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gout

[gaut] / gaʊt /


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The American Medical Assn. and some nutrition experts, however, warn that consuming too much protein could cause digestive issues, weight gain, gout and other adverse effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

The damp climate and the rigors of life on the march were tough for a man in his 60s who had long suffered from crippling gout and could often barely walk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

The Welshman struggled with gout in his ankle all night in Nottingham, but while his walking was hampered his throw certainly was not.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

Crystalys, which is developing a treatment for gout, found replacements and disclosed a $205 million Series A round in September.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

It belched a huge gout of flame and charged the fractured oak tree again, striking with its great blunt wedge of a head.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Occasionally, its operators revved its engine until the tires burned out, which sent gouts of flame and plumes of foul white smoke into the scorching air to block our view of the Washington Monument.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Outside St. James Cathedral, rain came down in gouts, spilling down the front steps and inside the vaulted sanctuary.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

Forests fell to the mills that provided the first burst of manufacturing wealth in the 18th century and that produced gaping tracts that poured great gouts of mud into the river.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2019

Up close you see that the smudges are clusters of toy figures — tipped-over carts, fallen horses soldiers — stuck to the canvas surface with engulfing gouts of pigment.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2018

The coal cars kept trundling past until a big black steam locomotive, puffing huge gouts of white smoke, finally appeared.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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